WATCH: The 2025 First Amendment Awards, live from the Watergate Hotel

Watch the RTDNA Foundation's 34th annual First Amendment Awards, to be held March 6, 2025 at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. The livestream will start at 7 p.m.

Here is the schedule for the First Amendment Awards:

Opening Remarks
Dan Shelley
President, RTDNA Foundation

Welcome
Tim Scheld
Chair, RTDNA Foundation

Master of Ceremonies
Pierre Thomas
ABC News

HONOREES

Citation of Courage
The Associated Press

Omar Jimenez
CNN

Steve Inskeep
NPR

DINNER BREAK

Honorees (continued)
Trey Yingst
FOX News

Rachel Scott
ABC News

Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr

Lesley Stahl
CBS News

Lifetime Achievement Award
Karen DeWitt
New York Public News Network